Learning can help you improve your skills and advance your career. According to research, goig back to school is not the only way you can do that.
Putting yourself in a life-long learning programme can help you get to the top of of your career.
Capitalise on your opportunities and improve your skills by:
Identify your talent:
Generally talent lies in doing things that you really enjoy. You may be good at a sport, have a flair, or be good with people. What is important is to discover what you enjoy doing. This provides a basis for you to develop your talent.
Do research:
Identify the industries that need your talent and what courses are available at educational and training institutes. Identify trade and consumer magazines that cover your area of interest as well as dailyand weekly newspapers. Keep your eye on the job adverts to access what the job market is like and what salary you can expect. You may even pot a job suited for you. You will be amazed at how much you can learn from reading magazines and newspapers.
Assess your skills level:
Test yourself to see what you know and what you still need to learn. The internet, magazines and newspapers provide loads of information where you can test yourself to see if you understand what is being written about.
Job shadowing:
This can be difficult because you want to earn right away,but its a great way to gain skills. Many companies will allow you to job shadoe. Some may even be amazed at your skills/abilities and offer you a job. This is a great way to learn and also to get to know the industry. While working for free is tough,giving yourself time to learn will help you get a foot in the door.
Training:
Some recruitment companies and contact centres run free courses from time to time. The workplace pages that advertise a range of courses. Ultimately, the best methods to improve on your skill is to enrol for a course that offers a recognized diploma or certifcate. If you are employed, most institutions offer after hours or weekend classes.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
FINANCIAL EMANCIPATION
Pick people at random in any city - and ask them to make one wish. Chances are that financial emancipation will feature near the top of the list. Why do we cravemoney so much when money is not an end in itself? It is a conduit to our ends.
Society programmes our minds to think thta, in order to obtain money, we must work for corporations, institutions or multi-nationals.
Most of us end upworking in jobs for wich we have no passion and talent, and our skills and God-given ability stay locked up as potential withing us. Success and fulfilment are derived by realising your God-given gift, and developing it. It's often easier to pick the straghtforward option, but many years later, all we will have are visions of what could have been.
A high number of us are fed up with our jobs. It is not just a British or an American problem; it is a global issue.
We work to eat, pay bills and buy clothes; to be able to afford the lifestyles we wish to live. But work also provides us with an intangible return; a sense of accomplishment, and entitlement to a reward for our effort. It's a stange phenomenon. Even given a task you don't particularly enjoy, there's a pleasure in completing it to a high standard.
This can be thought of as the spiritual component of work, and not in any religious sense. "Spiritual" in the sense of relating to the ethereal; the soul. Rewarding work nourishes the soul, while drudgery numbsit.
Exiting the 9-to5 grind frees us of such burdens, but the responsibility that accompanishes that privilege is not to create drudgery for others. While we may cease to work for others and become your own boss, we will probably need to employ staff. It is important, therefore, to discuss spiritual and social responsibility, both for our own benefit and for that of our potencial employees.
The capitalistic notion of the purpose of a business is simple: profit. But a good business does not merely earn fiscal profit for its shareholders or proprietors, it also injects something of value into society and the community. The large mega-corporation or multi-national enterprise lacks any allegiances - it is "souless".
We have a responsibility to create stable enterprises that balance individual and collective goals. Particularly, as individuals, the corporations we create have the power to provide employement in a country that desperately needs it.
We can build local expertise, tap local knowledge, and create traditions... all of these have spiritual value and make one's work more satisfying.
So as we consider our exit strategies from 9-to5 jobs, let's keep value in mind: ethical and moral values, social value, and recognising an individual's
value to the organisation.
Society programmes our minds to think thta, in order to obtain money, we must work for corporations, institutions or multi-nationals.
Most of us end upworking in jobs for wich we have no passion and talent, and our skills and God-given ability stay locked up as potential withing us. Success and fulfilment are derived by realising your God-given gift, and developing it. It's often easier to pick the straghtforward option, but many years later, all we will have are visions of what could have been.
A high number of us are fed up with our jobs. It is not just a British or an American problem; it is a global issue.
We work to eat, pay bills and buy clothes; to be able to afford the lifestyles we wish to live. But work also provides us with an intangible return; a sense of accomplishment, and entitlement to a reward for our effort. It's a stange phenomenon. Even given a task you don't particularly enjoy, there's a pleasure in completing it to a high standard.
This can be thought of as the spiritual component of work, and not in any religious sense. "Spiritual" in the sense of relating to the ethereal; the soul. Rewarding work nourishes the soul, while drudgery numbsit.
Exiting the 9-to5 grind frees us of such burdens, but the responsibility that accompanishes that privilege is not to create drudgery for others. While we may cease to work for others and become your own boss, we will probably need to employ staff. It is important, therefore, to discuss spiritual and social responsibility, both for our own benefit and for that of our potencial employees.
The capitalistic notion of the purpose of a business is simple: profit. But a good business does not merely earn fiscal profit for its shareholders or proprietors, it also injects something of value into society and the community. The large mega-corporation or multi-national enterprise lacks any allegiances - it is "souless".
We have a responsibility to create stable enterprises that balance individual and collective goals. Particularly, as individuals, the corporations we create have the power to provide employement in a country that desperately needs it.
We can build local expertise, tap local knowledge, and create traditions... all of these have spiritual value and make one's work more satisfying.
So as we consider our exit strategies from 9-to5 jobs, let's keep value in mind: ethical and moral values, social value, and recognising an individual's
value to the organisation.
Friday, May 1, 2009
KEEP YOUR BUSINESS ON TRACK
There is nothing more rewarding than having your small business exceed its growth expectations. However, without careful financial planning, profits could be lost just as easily as they are made. Follow some of these valuable tips to ensure your business survives:
- As soon as your business starts raking in a steady income, enlist the services of a small business financial planner.
- Save for your your retirement outside of the business because you can never predict what will happen down the road. Also have some kind of succession plan in place in case anything happens to you.
- If family members are not involved in your business, create a document to map out how the business works and who the key players are.
- Discuss your plans with family members: you may think that your daughter is the natural person to take over, but she may have totally different ideas about her own future.
- Talk to key management and inform them of your wishes in the event of your death, especially on the issue of who succeeds you. Disgruntled management can and will make life difficult for your successor.
- Hold regular board meetings and include your potential successor. This will make for an easy transition in your absence
Saturday, April 25, 2009
MILLIONARE HABITS 2
What do habits have to do with wealth creation and becoming wealthy you may ask? To be honest and upfront with you right now.
Being rich & wealthy is a process; it is actually a journey filled with a set of principles.
That is where this sets of habits come into place. If you can not even master these habits, forget about becoming wealthy. It could be too ardous nd tiring for you.
Here are the wealth habits exhibited by the rich:
Being rich & wealthy is a process; it is actually a journey filled with a set of principles.
That is where this sets of habits come into place. If you can not even master these habits, forget about becoming wealthy. It could be too ardous nd tiring for you.
Here are the wealth habits exhibited by the rich:
- Do more than expected
- Be proactive - Make things happen
- Delayed gratification - Invest more than you spend
- Do what you love
- Constant and never ending improvement
- Make it a must - put yourself on the line
- Have integrity
- Have discipline - stick to your rules
- Play win - win
- Turn failure into feedback
- Proper preparation; make proper research before starting any project
- No excusses; excuse can not get the job done. You can move from failures to success not from success to excuses
- Don't ask mentors for money; ask for methods or blue prints.
These principles, values and habits are universal and they are the cornerstone for wealth creation. Make them a part of you.
In this way, you are infact investing in yourself. When you start investing in yourself, you will begin to expand.
Through self improvement and expansion, these internal resources will enable you to generate the riches and abundance in life.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
WEALTH CREATION
WEALTH refers to some accumulation of resources, wether abundant or not. Money is not wealth, but they are related. Money is amedium of exchange. It is a by-product of specialization.
RICHNESS refers to an abundance of such resources.Awealthy (or rich) individual, community, or nation thus has more resources than a poor one. Richness can also refer at least to basic needs being met with abundance widely shared. The ooposite of wealth is destitution. The opposite of richness is poverty. Wealth is unlimited. It is limitless (not limited to location), and its all around us. Wealth can be accessed by any race or religion as long as principles are applied.
CREATION is the act or process ofmaking something new, or causing something that is not in existence come into existence. Creation is not buying and selling. There is no creation without the use of mental skills.
RICHNESS refers to an abundance of such resources.Awealthy (or rich) individual, community, or nation thus has more resources than a poor one. Richness can also refer at least to basic needs being met with abundance widely shared. The ooposite of wealth is destitution. The opposite of richness is poverty. Wealth is unlimited. It is limitless (not limited to location), and its all around us. Wealth can be accessed by any race or religion as long as principles are applied.
CREATION is the act or process ofmaking something new, or causing something that is not in existence come into existence. Creation is not buying and selling. There is no creation without the use of mental skills.
Friday, April 17, 2009
What we are about to share today is going to be life altering and destiny changing. Itwill help us as students of wealth creation to have precise knowledge of creating personal wealth.
Before we go on,it is important to define some key words that we will come acrss.
1. Principle
2. Wealth
3. Creation
1. PRINCIPLE is a power word, a word to know. It is the underlined law of a system of thought, the basic wayby wich things work, the template, the mould. Discussion of principle is like knowing the foundatios. There is no limit to wealth creation; you just have to understand the mould and how it works.
There are four rules of principles:
a) It will always be true; which means that the cause will always produce the same effect.
b) It has no exception. It is not a respecter of persons, race or sex. the same principles work for everybody.
c) Violations of principles carry cosequences.
d) It has nothing to do with emotions.
Before we go on,it is important to define some key words that we will come acrss.
1. Principle
2. Wealth
3. Creation
1. PRINCIPLE is a power word, a word to know. It is the underlined law of a system of thought, the basic wayby wich things work, the template, the mould. Discussion of principle is like knowing the foundatios. There is no limit to wealth creation; you just have to understand the mould and how it works.
There are four rules of principles:
a) It will always be true; which means that the cause will always produce the same effect.
b) It has no exception. It is not a respecter of persons, race or sex. the same principles work for everybody.
c) Violations of principles carry cosequences.
d) It has nothing to do with emotions.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
MILLIONAIRE HABITS
So much about wealth creation, so many definitions,and thoughts and so on. This has made so many people to have a wrong understanding and knowledge about creating wealth.
With tumultous weeks behind us in the stock market, both in America and overseas, many investors are wondering how to preserve and continue to grow their ealth. Despite the recessionary fears and uncertainty that are plaguing the rollercoaster performance of the market, these underlying principles to londg-term wealth creation remain the same.
Creating wealth is not about the change of ones name, religion, work or address but rather is about principles. The power of principle is that it gives the same results every time anyone anywhere applies it.
This leads us to accept that the principles governing wealth creation can be summed up by the following equation: Time + Energy and / or money (invested into a system) = Money Creation. If we say that Time + Energy = Money, the following also holds true; Money (invested into a system) = Money.
With tumultous weeks behind us in the stock market, both in America and overseas, many investors are wondering how to preserve and continue to grow their ealth. Despite the recessionary fears and uncertainty that are plaguing the rollercoaster performance of the market, these underlying principles to londg-term wealth creation remain the same.
Creating wealth is not about the change of ones name, religion, work or address but rather is about principles. The power of principle is that it gives the same results every time anyone anywhere applies it.
This leads us to accept that the principles governing wealth creation can be summed up by the following equation: Time + Energy and / or money (invested into a system) = Money Creation. If we say that Time + Energy = Money, the following also holds true; Money (invested into a system) = Money.
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